On Saturday, June 21, 2014 10:27:59 AM UTC-7, dalep wrote:
> On Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:12:29 AM UTC-6, Janet wrote:
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> > > There is a restaurant in a hotel near us. The restaurant has had it's ups and downs.
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> > little birthday dinner. I had the duck breast, and it was wonderful.
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> > The best thing was the vegetable served with it. It was tiny, tender
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> > In UK they are called (and sold as) "new potatoes", the first of the
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> Our "new potatoes" are usually two inches across. I did a little research and apparently our Trader Joe's sells tine potatoes. We just got Trader Joe's, so i will check it out. The potatoes at the restaurant were no more than one inch across. And yes, they were very tender and delicious.
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I can buy them in a small bag of about a dozen and they are right at about 1" in diameter. Kroger/Fred Meyer has them but not all the time.